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The Good Death: An Exploration of Dying in America

In her new book, Ann Neumann looks squarely at the issues surrounding death and dying in America.

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This is Your Brain on Sports: The Science of Underdogs, the Value of Rivalry, and What We Can Learn from the T-Shirt Cannon

By Sally Haldorson

Jon Wertheim and Sam Sommers have written a speedy compendium of sports stories and human behavioral tendencies that serves up social science insight with agility and good humor.

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The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It...Every Time

By Sally Haldorson

The author of Mastermind, a book that instructed us to think with deduction and precision in the vein of Sherlock Holmes, brings us The Confidence Game, a look at some of the most skillful cons every executed, how the grifters performed them, why people were often willing participants to the bitter end,

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What books are you giving this holiday season?

By Blyth Meier

Here’s what our staff is giving this holiday season.

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6 Non-Fiction Gift Books for the Business Reader (and really, anyone)

By Sally Haldorson

When a tie or scarf just won't do.

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What books are on your holiday nightstand?

By Blyth Meier

The 800-CEO-READ family is all set for the Thanksgiving holiday, and have some great books on hand to take with us to the couch after the feasting is done!

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The Go-Giver: A Little Story About A Powerful Business Idea

Bob Burg and John David Mann played an interesting role in bringing our Special Projects Manager Michael Jantz to our company. Michael explains.

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Find Me Unafraid: Love, Loss, and Hope in an African Slum

By Aaron Schleicher

Kennedy Odede and Jessica Posner have written a tale of loss and hope, of compassion, education, and development, all wrapped up in a beautiful love story.

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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

By Sally Haldorson

"A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you—is a fine art, in and of itself." - Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

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Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual

By Sally Haldorson

During World War II, the government issued a classified manual for identifying acts of sabotage. Now Robert M. Galford, Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene take that (since declassified) document and apply it to the workplace.